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 LC    Gabar Goshawk* Id (Atlas):
    Micronisus gabar

Description (10)
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Other Scientific Names
Micronisus gabar [Sibley and Monroe (1990, 1993)], Micronisus gabar [AERC TAC (2003)]

Family
Accipitridae (Hawks, Eagles)

Size
30 cm

First Described (Guide)
(Daudin, 1800)

Habitat
Dry savanna. From sea-level - 2,000 m.

Range (Guide)
Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Congo [The Democratic Republic of the], Côte dIvoire, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-bissau, Kenya, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Saudi Arabia (B), Senegal, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania [United Republic of], Togo, Uganda, Yemen (B), Zambia, Zimbabwe.

Vagrant to Egypt, Lesotho.

Population
Estimated population is 100,000 - 1,000,000 (2010).

Status LC
For more information see BirdLife International Species Factsheet.

Voice
Xeno-Canto Sound Files (more (13)...)

 
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) [XC876164]
     by David Darrell-Lambert from Manyeleti Game Reserve, South Africa (call)

 
Gabar Goshawk (Micronisus gabar) [XC463627]
     by Tony Archer from Amboseli Np, Kenya (call)

Subspecies
May be closer to Accipiter.

The following 3 subspecies are recognised:

  • niger (Vieillot, 1823)   -  Senegambia east to northern Ethiopia and south-western Arabia, and south to northern Cameroon, Chad and Sudan.
  • aequatorius Clancey, 1987   -  Ethiopian highlands south to Zaire, Zambia and northern Mozambique.
  • gabar (Daudin, 1800)   -  Southern Angola, Zambia and Mozambique south to South Africa.



References
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Files:
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